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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/24/07 01:00
Kyote wrote:
> I'm rather new to php.
>
> I have an array of filenames named $files. I'm wanting to iterate
> through the array and take the first letter of each string in the
> array and make a new array with the keys as that first letter, then
> assign the filename to the lettered key of the new array. I've tried
>
> foreach ($files as $value){
> $books[substr($value,0,1)] = array($value);
> }
>
> But I'm not getting quite what I'm trying for. It keeps replacing the
> value for each key instead of adding to it like I'm trying for.
>
> $books["A"]
>
> The string assigned to the above keeps being replaced by the new
> string that starts with "A". I want it to add the new string that
> starts with "A" to the last one added. I'm hoping there's just
> something simple I'm overlooking. Can anyone help me?
>
> ---
> Kyote
$books = array();
foreach ($files as $value) {
$c = substr($value,0,1);
if (!is_array($books[$c]))
$books[$c] = array();
$books[$c][] = $value;
}
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